Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-02-10
STORY OF A SCAR,

N, Won see that tall. handsome man
taiking to his highness?" inquired
| IN diulonAat Of me at one of the
e balls given by the khedIve of
rre- I'm his fairy summer palace Of
rah on the banks of the Nile, says
rqiro correspondent of the New York
5gua
.Wbat." said /; "do you mean Mus
,bg Pacha T., the cabinet Minister"
Yes: and have you noticed that his
I'M hand is always gloved? Look at
now. He is the only man in this
M wearing n glove on that hand,
In is contrary to all etiquette. If he
re- 10 remove it you would perceive an
L Kind of semicircular scar. In 1876
| English government alarmed at the
edye terrible extravaganza and re-
| ned appeals to the European money
lrsets, sent out to Egypt a special
sion TO inquire into the state of the
| 9pcas Of the country.
Din the short space OF ten years over
| QJ0.000 had been borrowed by the
vnran government. and of this vast
only S2O0.00O,O00 had found its
into the state treasury. What had
ome Of the balance? Two people
ne could tell One of those was the
diyo himself, and the other his min
gr Of finance, Mustapha Pasha Sadyk,
most powerful man in Egypt. 1t is
Eposslble to conceive the enormous
alth Of the latter. Large tracts of
lnuy belong TO him and he had
right of coming money in his own
4 Inc His splendor and magniticence
re mequaIied in the east. His
rem Of over three thousand women
upied the three immense palaces in
ch now all the government offices
ocated, and he had a special body
ard in his seragiio of over four hum
superb amazons. who. on state
asions, douncd ;rmor and helmets
gresiiycr The English ENJOYS de-
cJ all their energies to win him over
a the khedive. 1t appears that they
about to succeed.
4 Late one night in June Mr.. julius
pit confidential secretary and taeto-
/ 81 the minister Of finance, informed
ahediye that the minister had been
over 10y the English ENJOYS, and in
| fer to save his own position had de-
|mued to turn kings evidence and to
ED to them on the following Satm-
tho whole of his highness' financial
|n,actions. The next day was Friday,
lohammeden sabbath. After per-
|ung his deyotions at the mosque
abelivc proceeded in an open vic
"a to the palace of Mustapha Pasha
X and invited that minister 10 ac-
|aany him during his usual after
% drive, and, pleasantly chatting
! liner, they drove to the palace of
arch. On ahghting at that door,
1 alediye, farming to his minister,
.ed him to supper on board the
|5ggal yacht, which lay moored in
stream. The minister, accompanied
the khedive's sons, embarked and
4 rowed of to the yacht. A merry
|niug was spent ON board, the whole
Il being illuminated, and occasional
.cAc- Of music and laughter being
.tel over to the shore. At about II
ok the lhedive and princess re-
9ed alone, leaving on board the
mister with the two vice-regal cham
aims, Mustapha Bey +. and Sami
/ Baroudi. Shortly afterward the
ads OF Il short scutlle on deck were
lrd by the people on shore, and then
was quiet and the lights were extin-
aed on board. Soon after midnight
yacht cast loose from her moorings
aoiseessy gIided up the stream to-
" the first cataract. Nothing more
ever seen in this world of Mustapha
'la sadyk
IN tle next day a decree was issued
.a' the khedive had banishcd
a..er of finance to Upper Egypt
'ug dared to Cypress his much
's0 SUBJECTS, ETC., etc. -Four DAYS
yacht returned to her mornings
0elrch palace, and when the
a1aer.ains above referred to re-
acr service it was noticed that
hey wore q handkerchief round
@ 81, Il to hide some wound on
n ala that Mustapha Bey L. had
.gH. han, in sling"